This 2x2 ribbed wrap can be worn over any top and fits nicely under a coat. Its provisional CO and short-rows create a shape that will rest comfortably on your shoulders and help it to stay in place. Perfect for when you don’t know what to do with a less-than-sweater quantity of yarn. This pattern is also easily adapted for different gauges and sizes.

Skills Needed
General knitting skills
SWSR: Shadow Wrap Short Row
PCO: Provisional Cast-On

Size
Wrap is 32” / 81 cm wide. Finished length 20” / 51 cm from center neck to bottom of back. Finished length 30 ” /76 cm from center neck to bottom of fronts.

Materials
Yarn
Approx 600 yds / 550 m bulky weight yarn

Shown in:

Sheep Dreams Alpaca/Shetland (held double)
50% Shetland, 50% Alpaca; 220 yds / 201 m per skein
8 skeins in Oatmeal (tan)

Fibre Company Tundra
60% Baby Alpaca, 30% Merino Wool, 10% Silk; 120yds / 109 m per 100g per skein
5 skeins in Petrel (dark gray)

Woolfolk Luft
55% Merino Wool, 45% Organic Cotton; 109 yds /100 m per 50g skein
6 skeins in color 7 (medium gray)

Blue Sky Fibers Techno
68% Baby Alpaca / 22% Silk / 10% Extra Fine Merino; 120 yds / 109 m per 1.75 oz / 50g skein
5 skeins in color 1974, Smoke (light gray)

Needles
US 10.5 / 6.5mm
Change needle size to obtain a fabric you like. See notes in pattern for adjusting pattern for your gauge.

Notions
scrap yarn if using PCO method other than Judy’s PCO
1 stitch marker (optional)

Gauge
12 sts in 4” / 10 cm over pattern st